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The Met Gala happened last night, and as the fashion world's annual style parade, there were a ton of gorgeous, fantastic, gotta-see-'em dresses. The seriously jam-packed guest list looked flawless (including Rihanna in the showstopping yellow number that's on her style highlight reel for life), but there was some after-hours fashion worth discussing as well.
Kendall Jenner slipped out of her jade-color Calvin Klein number and into this saucy skirt-and-top combo. The bra top is by Kempner
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The big event is here. The 2015 Met Gala has landed in New York and with it, plenty of stars, models and designers have hit the red carpet dressed to the nines. With a theme of ‘China: Through the Looking Glass’, which focuses on eastern culture and its influence on the west, many stars stepped out in killer looks. See star style below. We’ll update as more images and credits come in.
FKA Twigs wears a Christopher Kane design
Jennifer Lopez bares plenty of skin in Atelier Versace
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Back for her fourth Louis Vuitton campaign, actress Michelle Williams models with the ‘Capucines’ handbag in a series of images introducing new colors in strawberry and fuchsia shades. Peter Lindbergh photographed the blonde star for the advertisements where she brings some edge with mussed hair while wearing deconstructed garments to contrast the sleek accessories.
The advertisements were photographed by Peter Lindbergh
Michelle models the new colors of Louis Vuitton’s Capucines bag
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When Rihanna stepped onto the Met Gala red carpet in a jaw-dropping yellow gown, the fashion world pretty much came to a stand still. But who was the genius behind the epic creation? That honor belongs to Chinese couture designer Guo Pei.
The Bejing-based designer, 45, has been designing for 26 years. According to the The Straits Times, Pei took up fashion studies at the Beijing Second Light Industry School, then specialized in ready-to-wear in a women's fashion company, Tian Ma. She sta
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This season, a rebel artist rises up from the Mexican streets to inspire Spring/Summer styles with her own brand of insurgent creativity. Paint Me a Revolution is a key womenswear fashion theme, brought to you by the experts at Trendstop.com as part of their seasonal coverage. Originally forecast last fall, we can now see key elements from the theme emerging in current S/S15 collections. Designs are treated with bright colourways and bold graphics for a feel of urban creativity, as simple shapes
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Could the secret to feeling more powerful lie within what you're wearing? According to a recent study, the answer is yes!
Putting on formal clothes makes us feel powerful, and that changes the basic way we see the world,” says Abraham Rutchick, professor of psychology at California State University at Northridge and one author of The Cognitive Consequences of Formal Clothing. According to The Atlantic, "Rutchick and his coauthors found that wearing clothing that’s more formal than usual
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Louis Vuitton has decided to pay homage the late great British designer and artist Christopher Nemeth. What better way to pay homage to an artist and designer than with a pop-up shop. Starting on June 22nd during men's fashion week in Paris, Louis Vuitton will have a 325-square-foot installation on their second floor with a trunk like shelving unit as its centerpiece.
The collection will include ready-to-wear, leather goods, and a line of accessories which will include scarves and timepieces.
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Vintage hunters and second-hand fashion lovers rejoice - the trend for pre-owned fashion is on the rise. Although it seems unlikely that consumers will ever turn their backs on 'fast-fashion' from high streets giants like Primark, H&M and Zara for good, a new study has uncovered the changing attitudes of female shoppers towards clothing and pre-owned fashion following the economic turndown.
Vestiaire Collective, a global online marketplace for the resale of luxury goods, has published a
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Tulle skirts are in. Jogger pants are hot. But high-waisted shorts? You don't want to go there. In its first fashion trends report, Google analysed billions of searches dating back to 2009 to provide a detailed analysis of what's hot and what's not.
For example, queries for tulle skirts jumped 34 percent between January 2014 and 2015, according to the report. "Who says you need to be a ballerina to wear a tulle skirt?" said a blog post released Sunday on the report by Google brand strategist
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When Gucci last week released its falling sales figure it echoed that fashion houses need more than one season and a strong campaign to turn around an ailing business. Not that Gucci is ailing, but it does account for 60 percent of parent company Kering's profits, and a loss of sales at 7.9 percent is a fairly large margin to lose when sales were nearly one billion euros and dropped to 869m euros.
As Kering's flagship brand, Gucci is now its utmost priority, as it is responsible for most of